Associations between cohort study participation and self-reported health and well-being:the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study
Abstract Aim: The aim of this study was to explore whether active participation in a longitudinal birth cohort study is associated with study participants’ health behaviour and well-being. Methods: The subjects of this study were part of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966. The follow-up data wer...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe2023051143428 2023-07-30T04:05:49+02:00 Associations between cohort study participation and self-reported health and well-being:the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study Taanila, H. (Heli) Rönkä, A. R. (Anna Reetta) Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, S. (Sirkka) Jokelainen, J. (Jari) Nordström, T. (Tanja) Taanila, A. (Anja) Hurtig, T. (Tuula) 2022 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2023051143428 eng eng BMJ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. This article has been accepted for publication in Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2022 following peer review, and the Version of Record can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2022-219229. Participation activity cohort study health behaviour longitudinal study self-reported health well-being info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2022 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T20:01:46Z Abstract Aim: The aim of this study was to explore whether active participation in a longitudinal birth cohort study is associated with study participants’ health behaviour and well-being. Methods: The subjects of this study were part of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966. The follow-up data were collected through clinical examinations and questionnaires when the cohort members were 1, 14, 31 and 46 years old. In this study, cohort participation activity was divided into three categories: active, semiactive and least active. Results: The total number of study participants who participated in the 46-year follow-up on both the survey and clinical trials was 6392, of which 66.5% (n=4268) participated actively in the cohort study. A total of 67.6% were female (p<0.001). Of the participants, 23.7% (n=1519) were semiactive and 9.5% (n=605) were the least active. Women who participated least actively experienced statistically significantly more depressive symptoms and poorer health, were more dissatisfied with their lives and had more addiction problems. In men, there was not a statistically significant association between participation activity and these well-being variables other than addiction problems and mental health. Conclusions: The findings indicate that participation activity is associated with better self-reported health and well-being, especially among women. With this knowledge, people can be encouraged to participate in longitudinal health research and, at the same time, may improve their own health and quality of life. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Jultika - University of Oulu repository |
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Participation activity cohort study health behaviour longitudinal study self-reported health well-being Taanila, H. (Heli) Rönkä, A. R. (Anna Reetta) Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, S. (Sirkka) Jokelainen, J. (Jari) Nordström, T. (Tanja) Taanila, A. (Anja) Hurtig, T. (Tuula) Associations between cohort study participation and self-reported health and well-being:the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study |
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Abstract Aim: The aim of this study was to explore whether active participation in a longitudinal birth cohort study is associated with study participants’ health behaviour and well-being. Methods: The subjects of this study were part of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966. The follow-up data were collected through clinical examinations and questionnaires when the cohort members were 1, 14, 31 and 46 years old. In this study, cohort participation activity was divided into three categories: active, semiactive and least active. Results: The total number of study participants who participated in the 46-year follow-up on both the survey and clinical trials was 6392, of which 66.5% (n=4268) participated actively in the cohort study. A total of 67.6% were female (p<0.001). Of the participants, 23.7% (n=1519) were semiactive and 9.5% (n=605) were the least active. Women who participated least actively experienced statistically significantly more depressive symptoms and poorer health, were more dissatisfied with their lives and had more addiction problems. In men, there was not a statistically significant association between participation activity and these well-being variables other than addiction problems and mental health. Conclusions: The findings indicate that participation activity is associated with better self-reported health and well-being, especially among women. With this knowledge, people can be encouraged to participate in longitudinal health research and, at the same time, may improve their own health and quality of life. |
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Taanila, H. (Heli) Rönkä, A. R. (Anna Reetta) Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, S. (Sirkka) Jokelainen, J. (Jari) Nordström, T. (Tanja) Taanila, A. (Anja) Hurtig, T. (Tuula) |
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Taanila, H. (Heli) Rönkä, A. R. (Anna Reetta) Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, S. (Sirkka) Jokelainen, J. (Jari) Nordström, T. (Tanja) Taanila, A. (Anja) Hurtig, T. (Tuula) |
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Associations between cohort study participation and self-reported health and well-being:the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study |
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Associations between cohort study participation and self-reported health and well-being:the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study |
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Associations between cohort study participation and self-reported health and well-being:the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study |
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Associations between cohort study participation and self-reported health and well-being:the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study |
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Associations between cohort study participation and self-reported health and well-being:the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study |
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associations between cohort study participation and self-reported health and well-being:the northern finland birth cohort 1966 study |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. This article has been accepted for publication in Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2022 following peer review, and the Version of Record can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2022-219229. |
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